Simeiz Observatory (also spelled Simeis or Simeïs ) was an astronomy research observatory until the mid-1950s. It is located on Mount Koshka , Crimea , by the town of Simeiz .
11-556: Part of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory , it is currently used for laser based studies of the orbits of satellites . The Minor Planet Center (MPC) credits Simeiz Observatory as the location where a total of 150 minor planets were discovered by astronomers Grigory Neujmin , Sergey Belyavsky , Vladimir Albitsky , Grigory Shajn , Nikolaj Ivanov , Pelageya Shajn , Praskov'ja Parchomenko , Alexander Deutsch and Evgenij Skvorcov . As of 2017,
22-676: A symbolic gesture of the astronomical collaborations and friendships between the East and the West during the Cold War. The MPC also credits the discovery of the following minor planets directly to the observatory (rather than to one of the above listed astronomers): Tamara Smirnova Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova ( Russian : Тама́ра Миха́йловна Смирно́ва , Ukrainian : Тама́ра Миха́йлівна Смирно́ва ; December 15, 1935, Henichesk , Soviet Union — September 5, 2001, Saint-Petersburg , Russia )
33-509: A tower with dome for Zeiss double astrograph . Both towers are preserved and being used nowadays. In 1908, Maltsov handed his observatory to Pulkovo Observatory as a present. In 1912, the first astrophysical department of Pulkovo Observatory was officially opened at the south of Russia. Simeiz observatory is situated at the level of 360 m above sea level at southern mountainside of the Crimean mountains, at Koshka mountain . A main building
44-824: Is located at Nauchnij research campus, near the Central Crimean city of Bakhchysarai , on the Crimean peninsula. CrAO is often called simply by its location and campus name, Crimea–Nauchnij , still ranks among the worldwide most prolific discovery sites for minor planets . CrAO has also been publishing the Bulletin of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory since 1947, in English since 1977. The observatory facilities ( IAU code 095) are located on territory of settlement of Nauchnyi since
55-481: The Russian/Soviet astronomers Tamara Smirnova , Lyudmila Chernykh , Nikolai Chernykh , Lyudmila Zhuravleva , Bella A. Burnasheva , Nikolaj Efimovič Kuročkin , Lyudmila Karachkina , Natalʹja Vitalʹevna Metlova and Galina Ričardovna Kastelʹ . As a peculiarity, British astronomer and long-time MPC director Brian G. Marsden is also credited with the co-discovery of 37556 Svyaztie at Nauchnij in 1982, as
66-505: The Sun represents an independent value. The Department provides observing facilities for astronomers of international community and for its own staff. The following projects currently run: Minor planets, whose discovery is directly credited to the observatory (rather than a particular astronomer). In the 1950s the observatory issued several lists of galactic emmission nebulas, published by G. A. Shajn and V. F. Gaze (also transliterated Hase) in
77-754: The Ukrainian "Bulletin of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory" (Izvestiya Krymskoi Astrofizicheskoi Observatorii) and known collectively as the Simeis catalogue. The catalogue includes Simeis 57 (the Propeller Nebula in Cygnus ) and Simeis 147 (the Spaghetti Nebula in Auriga ). Crimean Astrophysical Observatory The Crimean Astrophysical Observatory ( CrAO , obs. code : 095 )
88-521: The discovery of the minor planet (369010) 2007 OK 2 is directly credited to Simeiz Observatory by the MPC. The Simeiz Observatory was founded by Russian amateur astronomer Nikolai Maltsov , who later became a honored member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and after whom asteroid 749 Malzovia was named. In 1900, he built a tower for refractor at his land plot near Simeiz . In 1906 –
99-617: The mid-1950s; before that, they were further south, near Simeiz . The latter facilities still see some use, and are referred to as the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory–Simeiz (IAU code 094). As of 2016, the Minor Planet Center (MPC) gives a total of 1286 numbered minor planets that were discovered at the Crimea–Nauchnij observatory site during 1966–2007. Most of these discovery are credited to
110-570: Was a Soviet / Russian / Ukrainian astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets . From 1966 to 1988, Tamara Smirnova was a staff member of the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy at Leningrad . She is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 135 numbered minor planets during 1966–1984. She also co-discovered the periodic comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh , along with Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh . The main-belt asteroid 5540 Smirnova , discovered by herself in 1971,
121-471: Was restored after the Second World War on the basis of old building in modernized style with balconies decorated by columns. Research of interstellar space and star formation zones, discovery of star rotation, creation of stellar catalogues of radial velocities, study of chemical composition of stars and the Sun brought the world publicity to Simeiz Observatory. The results of research of stars and
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